National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced recently that the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center is one of 832 non-profit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA ArtWorks grant. The developmental theater is recommended for a $50,000 grant to support new play development for its 2013 National Playwrights Conference and National Music Theater Conference season.“The National Endowment for the Arts substantial and increased support is an incredible vote of confidence in the O’Neill and the value we provide to the nation,” said Preston Whiteway, the O’Neill’s Executive Director. (above) Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director, National Music Theater Conference. Paulette co-founded the National Music Theater Conference, and has served as its artistic director since the beginning, 1978.